A QUESTION has been asked about whether Bandshed wood is in Barnton - and whether that is its correct name.

A few weeks ago we reported on members of the environmental agency team from Vale Royal Borough Council and volunteers from the Barnton community and charity BCTV tidying up the area.

But former Barnton resident Fred Horrigan, who now lives in Weaverham, wondered why it had been called Bandshed and said its correct name was Gunners'clough.

He said: "It is written as one word as from it being an artillery/gun position for the battle of Winnington Bridge.

"Geographically it is not in Barnton but in Anderton."

Fred said the name Bandshed was, in the context of history, a latecomer as the brick structure on the Anderton side of the parish dividing stream was a pumphouse.

This pump house was used to pump water up to a lead tank situated at the junction of Townfield Lane and Lydyett Lane.

Fred said: "That system was in place when we moved to Lydyett Lane in November 1927.

"The pumphouse with its white-on-blue enamel nameplate was not gutted and converted to the Bandshed until 1938."

Meanwhile Mr Horrigan said a few years ago a Lydyett Lane sign had been put up just up the hill to the junction of Hough Lane in Anderton.

He said: "The historical fact is the piece of road from where the stream crosses the road, up the incline to Hough Lane is Gunners'clough, and the mispalced Lydyett Lane sign should be removed."